The review of the Matter of Art Biennale 2026 by Václav Janoščík.
Václav Janoščík in review for Arts of the Working Class examines how the Matter of Art Biennale 2026 challenges the very logic of the biennale format, rejecting spectacle in favor of collaboration, locality, and shared attention. Moving across three distinct venues, biennale with the subtitle Necessary Wishes foregrounds collective practices, geopolitical tensions, and embodied queer experiences, while questioning whether art institutions can become spaces for new forms of social becoming rather than engines of prestige.
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